Contionary:efi

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Indeyivroplu

Etymology

Unique word stem with no origin in another existent language.

Pronunciation

(Indeyivroplu) IPA: [ˈˈɪ̞n̪.fi]

Adverb

ënfi (Cyrillic енфи)

  1. more; forms comparative
    emso korër ënfa štundju dëvje mo.
    "She works more hours than me."
    ma amiğsu nëtijxi silëdz ënfrava dëvjë deňkadz silšpëdz.
    "My friend unfortunately acted more angry than I thought he would."

Inflection

  1. ënfa
    "more" (adj.)
  2. ënfu
    "increase" (n.)

Usage notes

Prefix this morpheme to the stem of a descriptor word in order to get its comparative form.

Derived terms

  1. ënfguta
    better
  2. ënfmega
    preferred (adj.)
  3. ënfke
    plus (pre.)
  4. ënfi
    less (adv.)
  5. ënfke
    minus (pre.)

Related words

  1. inži
    superlative (adv.)